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Newport, Oregon, USA

Oregon's coast attracts millions of visitors each year. It's rugged coastline, quaint coastal towns, lighthouses and whale and bird watching make it a perfect place for locals and tourists alike.
Newport is centrally located along the coastal highway - a perfect place to base yourself for a few days. One of the highlights of Newport is its historic bay front. Shopping, wining and dining and plenty of activities makes the waterfront precinct a great place to spend an afternoon.
The waterfront is also home to the stunning creations of local artists. Their beautiful, larger than life artwork adorns the walls of most of the buildings. Stunning detail, colour and size.
We enjoyed our time in Newport and we would recommend this lovely town for anyone looking to view beautiful street art!

Go, Go, Go – For Diamond

Our Agel “Go Diamond” conference started at 1.00pm today so before we attended the first formal session we joined our business partners for a late breakfast at a “Tex Mex” restaurant nearby the hotel. Some of the team had been to the restaurant the night before for dinner and they were very keen to go back. We understood why after going there for breakfast. The service was excellent and the food (Mexican breakfast) was sensational.

We didn’t appreciate how much the Mexican culture influences Texas. It is quite impressive.

Austin is a very interesting town. It has a very large university, it is the home of Dell computers, the capital of Texas and yet it is very laid back. It has a great vibe!

After returning to the hotel we registered for the conference before heading up to the room for a quick change of clothes – something a little more business like. The first session of the conference was set aside for Managers and above (we are Senior Managers in Agel). The session set the scene for the conference and the attendees gained a true appreciation for what an incredible company Agel is and what an incredible opportunity we have in our hands. Several of our top income earners and the corporate team presented during the afternoon.

The afternoon session finished at 4,00pm and the evening session started at 6.00pm so we were able to get a bite to eat in between. We had reserved seats for our team at one of the hotel restaurants so we didn’t have too far to walk. It wasn’t long before we were back in the convention room for the evening session.

The evening session was open to all attendees (over 2000 people) and it marked the formal opening of the conference. It concluded around 10.00pm and I can tell you that no one was tired or in need of going to bed. However, we knew that the remainder of the weekend was going to require our focus so we “retired” to our room at a reasonable hour – ready for a good night’s sleep.

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The Princess and I are keen world travelers. Living in Hong Kong (half way to almost everywhere in the world) provides a perfect springboard for indulging in our passion of traveling the world.
We are on a mission to visit every country in the world by the time we reach "re-wirement" age and this means we need to visit seven new countries each year. Our total so far is 50.
It's a wonderful challenge to have and we look forward to each new adventure we embark on.